Saddle or seat of motor cycles, cycles, and the like



June 12, 1923.

R. W. SMITH SADDLE OR SEAT 0F MOTOR CYCLES, CYCLES, AND THE LIKE Filed June 50, 1920 Patented June 12, 1923.

UNHTEDE srArEs ROBERTIWAL'KER smart, or 'REDDITCH, ENGLAND.

SADDLE onsEA'r oFMo'ron' CYCLES, cYoLns, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed June 30,1920. I Serial No. 393,159.

(GRANTED UNDER rnnraovrsxonsor manor or MARCH 3, 1921, 41 STAT/L, 13 13.

To all whom it mag concern..- 1

Be it known that I, Roenn'r INALKER SMITH, a subject of the King'of GreatBritain, residing at Stoneleigh, Redditch, in the county of lVorcester, England, have invent edcertain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to the Saddles or- Seats of Motor Cycles, Cycles, and the like (for which I have filed application for patent in Great Britain, August 18, 1916, No. 108,058)", of

which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to saddles or seats of motor cycles, cycles, or the like, in which the supporting or maintenance in its appropriate position of the fore part of theseat or saddle is effected by virtue of a leaf spring incorporated so as to be self-contained with the seat or saddle. Such a leaf spring vhas previously been secured at its rear part to a reinforcing member secured to the under side of thesaddle top plate.

According tothe presentinvention, in order to provide for the'efl'ect-ive connection and combination of aleaf spring to and with the saddle top the rear extremity of the spring is secured to a transverse reinforcing strip secured under the rear portion of the saddle. In order that this invention may be clearly understood andreadily carried into practice,

reference may be had to the appendedex-.

planatory sheet ofdrawings, upon which Figure 1 is an inverted plan of a saddle having a spring combined therewith accord-' in to the present invention.

7 *igure 2 is a perspective view of the saddle shown in Flgure 1.

In the drawings, (1 represents the sheet metal saddle top which may if desired-be suitably covered, 1) is a longitudinal rein forcing stripor member secured thereto, and.

c is a leaf spring riveted or otherwise secured at its rear extremity to the strip or member I). The member b-issecured at its front extremity tov the "saddle top a, as for instance by bolts d. The rear extremity of the longitudinal reinforcing v member I) is clamped between the saddle top and a transverse reinforcing member '6.

The under-frame g is furnished with a clip h adapted to provide for the coupling of such under-frame to the saddle pin or other member upon Whi chthe seat or saddle is mounted. Such under-frame may be essentially of T shape havin its part of major width at the rear, an the lateral ex tremitiesof such part of major width-ma I coiled tension springs i are incorporated and coupled at their upper -'extremities to the under-frame g, and at their lower exi be coupled to the saddleor seat proper'wit lntermediate springs. In the drawings,

tremitiesto strut members j which aresecured at their upper extremities to the' t-ransverse reinforcing member 6. I

- Theleaf spring 0 extends forwardly and downwardly diverging from the under S111? face .ofthe seat or saddle, and is at-its front the saddle is enabled to fall and rise in, relation to the under-frame by flexing the longitudinally disposed leaf spring, provision extremity coupled to the. fore extremity of I the under-frame 9. Thus the fore part of being advantageously incorporated to prohook formation beingadapted to embrace a transverse pivot or memberforming part of the {under-frame g. ,Thejunde'r-frame is here shown 'ascomprising-two limbs which extend substantially parallel or conver e slightly towards each other forward throughout the fore part'or half of the seat or saddle,said limbs'being bentoutwardly at their'rear extremities and being at their tioned clip: hmay be bolted intermediately thereunderphaving its front end secured thereto, a transverse" reinforcing strip se cured under the rear portionofvthe saddle,

extreme ends coupled together by a transi, verse rodo'r member 1c. -The afore-men- 7 to, the limbs constituting the under-frame 'g. vWhat I claimas my invention and desire 7 to secure by LetterswPatent; is;y

the rear end of the longitudinalstrip being secured tothe transversestrip, a'leaf spring;

having its rear endhsecured to the first lnamed strip, an-underframe-to the front end o-f-which the front end of said spring is at tached, strutmembers having their upper ends secured to said transverse strip and tension springs connecting the rear:portion of the underframe to the lower portions of v said strut members; g a

In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand.

ROBERT WALKER i 

